Machine for forming confections.



PATENTED FEB. 19, 1907i W. W. LYSI-NGER. MAGHINE FOR FORMING GONFEGTIONS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7, 1907.

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PATENTED FEB. 19, 1907.

W. W. LYSINGBR. MACHINE FOR FORMING GONFEOTIONS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7, 1907.

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WILLIAM W. LYSINGER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MACHINE FOR FORMING CONFECTIONS- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Anplication filed January 7, 1907. Serial No. 351,239.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that 1, WILLIAM W. LYSINGER,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of rhiladelphia, in the county of lhiladell forming confections, and more especially to that class of confections termed drops, and consists in the combination, with a receptacle and means for discharging the material therefrom, of appliances for opening and closing the discharge-orifices and for regulating the downward How of the material discharged and the shape of the streams of discharge, as fully set forth hereinafter and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is an elevation in part section of an apparatus embodying my invention; Fig. 2, an enlarged section illustrating one of the nipples and. means for detachably connecting it with the receptacle, and Fig. 3 a sectional view illustrating a part of the mold and one of the drops as produced by the mold.

The frame A is of any suitable construction to support the operating parts and is itself supported upon a table B. 'A box or reservoir C is supported by the frame above the table and has in the bottom perforations from which extend nipples a, each of which is in the form of an inverted cone cut away at the sides, so as to form a series of fingers b, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Within the box C fits closely, but so as to slide freely, a follower c, which is suitably weightedas, for instance, by means of a rod (1, connected by a link 6 to a lever f, pivoted to an upright g upon the table, and having an adjustable weight it at the outer end. Within the box above the perforated bottom slides a cut-off plate It, having a series of openings beveled from one side to form knife-edges 0c, and with this cut-off plate, which extends outward from the box, is combined suitable means whereby it may be moved laterally to cover or uncover the openings in the bottom of the box.

Above the table B is supported a suitable mold D, which preferably, as shown, rests in a carriage E, from which extend downwardly guide-bars j, and these are connected to the ends of straps m, passing over guide-pulleys n, and to the periphery of a shifting-pulley F on a shaft 9, turning in bracketsbelow the table, and to the shaft is secured an operating-arm G. By swinging said arm the pulley 1 is turned so as to raise and lower the carriage and its mold.

in operating the apparatus the box is filled with the chocolate paste or other material to be molded, and the'pressure of the weight it tends to force the said material out through the openings at the bottom of the box and through the nipples a, the carriage and mold being primarily lifted, so that the mold is close to the nipples as'the material begins to pass downward through the latter, which re-.

sults when the cut-oll plate is shifted to the right to uncover the openings in the bottom of the box, as shown in Fig. 2. As the material flows downward from the nipples the mold is also drawn downward, preferably at a greater speed than the flow of the material, which is cut off by shifting the cut-off plate after the proper amount has been discharged from the box, with the result that the material as discharged from each nipple is drawn downward and caused to contract, as in Fig. 3, and as it is thus drawn from the nipples forms what is termed a blossomthat is, a chocolate drop which is in the form of a knob or disk at the lower end and approximately coneshaped above, with a series of diverging ribs 3 Fig. 3, resulting from the flow of the material between the fingers I) of the nipples.

It will be evident that according to the rate of discharge and the rate of downward movement of the mold the shape of the article formed will be modified, although as a result of the general operations described the shape will be approximately that illustrated in the drawings.

The lever G and the cut-off plate may be shifted by hand according to the judgment of the operator; but in some cases it is preferable to insure uniform relation of movement between the two, in which case they maybe connected with any suitable unison connections. As shown, there is a shaft 19 mounted in bearings on the table and carrying a disk g, having a cam-face bearing on a roller 3 of a lever K, pivoted to the frame and connected by a rod 4 with the arm G. A suitably-formed cam t is also upon the shaft p and operates upon a roller 5 on an arm 6, extending from the cut-off plate. By turning the shaft p by hand or otherwise the requisite movements in proportion are imparted to the die-carrier and the cut-off plate.

The die D may of course be supported directly upon 7 the J guide-bars" and maybe if any suitable shape,with any suitable depres sicns so as to impart to the heads of the articles the form desired. Generally the depressions in the die-plate are closer together than the nipples can be placed. I therefore set the mold so as to be shifted after one set of depressions are filled to an extent to bring the o'thefset-belowthe nipples?- A stop-bar 8 "other means 1 determines" "the extent cf this shi'ftin'g movernent'. It will alsobe evh" dent 'that' "a'ny suitable' means may be employed for pressing the material 'cut (f the x instead a the fellower and weighted levers described It is desirable fromtime totime to change the"chara'cter "3L1'ld"' SlZ6"Cf the articles produe'd; -a ndftherefore the opening'sin the bottomi of the box are 'fiaring to permitthe ccn ical' nip'ples' to fit "and be 'held therein, while permitting their readyremoval to replace the'lna with nipples cf a different character.

If desired the mold'm'a'y be stationary and the hoiwert-ically movable: 1

Without;therefore, limiting'-'myselfto the precise construction v and arrangement of arts shown; I ,claimas mymventi'on 1 The *combination: in "a machine for forming: ccnfect ions',*-of a receptacle 'provided with nipples hating terminal fingers b, eGu1:-sap1ate controlling the how through saidnippl'e yamol'd arranged bel-ow the ni ies; and nieansfor shifting the cutgoff plateand raising iand 'loweringthe mold, substan tially as set-forth;

2. The' combinat'ionwith* the receptacle" hat in' openings and" nipples with fingers?) exten ing therefromfianda movable dieplate 'cf ayertically movablecarriageadapted to support amo-ld, and means fo'nraising and lowering the carriage.

3. The 'combination cf the receptacle, its

openings, nipples; and cut-off plate; a vertically-' movable mold, and means for moving the mold and cut off plateiin unison, for the purpose s'e-tfo rthx 1 l. The combination with the ireceptacle,"

its*openings';-"nipples and cut-off plate, 'cf a 1no lcl,' guide"- bars'j a pulley flexible connections between 'the' pulley and'guide-bars; and means for-oscillating the pulley.

5. Th combinationun a machine for ranged below the nipples, means for shifting the cut-off plate and raising and'lowering' the mold arranged to uncover the o penings after themcld is raised and to lower the mold more rapidly than the material can pass through the nipples.

7. The combination, with'thereceptacle nipples and means for controlling the flow through'the nipplesfcf a mold havings'a ries cf recesses greater in number than the" series of nipples, a support for the mold upon 'which'the latter can be shifted to bring" either series" recesses beneath the ni ples, and means for raising'a'nd lowering the support.

having a bottom with flaring erferatiens;

and hollow nipples of conical form adapted to said perforationsfas set forth. v

9. The combination with'the receptacle;

its nipples, mold and shaft, connections for raising and loweringthe mold, and'cut-off 'plate within the moldfo'f 'a s'haftcarrying cams, one engaging a projection upon an eX-"[ tension of the cut-off plate, and the other the means for rocking the mold-elevating shaft, "as set/forth. i

10. The combination with the receptacle,

nipples," and a vertically-movable mold-c are rier below the nipples having'd'ownwardly extending bars j," cf a'shaft 'and pulley car-- riedthereby, guide wheels 'n, and straps passing from the periphery cf the pulley and arcundthe guide-wheels and connected withsaid bars, for the purpose described.

In testimony where'ef I aflixmysi'gnature in presence of two witnesses.

WM. W. LYSINGER.

Witnesses? v n WM. T. DOUGHTE'N, LEAP. TERRY.

The combination with the mold andel e vat'ing" and lowering means, of a recep't a'cle 

